Complete Streets

About Complete Streets
In an effort to promote the use of all transportation modes and make Southern Nevada a more sustainable place to live, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) is conducting a regional Complete Streets Initiative.

Includes design features that aim to make streets pleasant places for all users.

Users include car drivers, transit riders, pedestrians of all ages and abilities, and bicyclists.

Complete Streets Benefits

Make walking, biking, and transit riding more attractive.

Improve travel options for groups that have limited access to cars.

Improve safety of various modes.

Increase the likelihood of physical activity.

Reduce air quality emissions.

Improve the economic situation for communities.

Complete Streets Study

The final report for the RTC Complete Streets Study was approved at the June 2012 RTC Board meeting. At the same meeting, the RTC Board adopted the recommended Complete Streets Policies, which are located in Chapter 3 of the report.

Complete Streets Projects

Main / Commerce One-Way Couplet

The City of Las Vegas and the RTC are working on a number of projects to improve bicycle and pedestrian facilities in the downtown area. As an expansion of these efforts, the City has started to look at ways of improving Main Street for pedestrians, bicyclists and transit riders.

After reviewing options, including a consideration of traffic flow, it was decided that the conversion of Main Street to a one-way couplet would be a way of achieving both goals. This had the added advantage of upgrading Commerce Street, which now just provides local access through an economically marginal light industrial area. Under this concept, Main Street would become a two-lane northbound street with widened sidewalks and bike lanes, while southbound travel would use Commerce Street. The result would upgrade the overall amenity of the area and meet the needs of pedestrians and bicyclists while also achieving a modest increase in the carrying capacity of the roadway.